Conversations with the Confessions: Dialogue in the Reformed TraditionJoseph D. Small Westminster John Knox Press, 1. 1. 2005 - 248 strán (strany) Fourteen Presbyterian scholars enter into conversations with the confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and examine the major theological themes that make the confessions such foundational commitments of faith. This collection of insightful essays provides readers with a clear understanding of the confessions from different periods of the church's life. These conversations with the confessions found in the PC(USA)'s Book of Confessions include some illuminating commentary on why they were written and demonstrate how they can be used to address major theological issues. This important work will help scholars, pastors, and church leaders interested in studying the Reformed tradition appreciate the role of the confessions in shaping Christian life and faith today. |
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... Holy Spirit . The church's faith has been thoroughly trinitarian ever since . I have always treasured the Nicene Creed's statement about the church : " We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church . " In an age of rampant ...
... Holy Spirit emphasizes the worldwide ecumenical community of all believers in all ages . As a creed so dear to so many Christians , it appropriately ends with the simple word " Amen " ( So be it ) . To these great truths of the ...
... Holy Spirit . Their experience and their wisdom are not inferior to our own ; we do not stand at the apex of the history of God's Way in the world . There is a danger in any age , surely including our own , of arrogance toward those who ...
... Holy Spirit , they open a free arena for lively conversa- tion about the shape of present witness to the gospel . SAYING YES AND SAYING NO When we listen to that part of the tradition given voice in The Book of Confes- sions , what do ...
... Holy Spirit , it must say Yes to its perception of God's way in the world and No to the ways of the world apart from God . Barmen says Yes to something that the church too often forgets : The church's commission , upon which its freedom ...
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A Conversation with the Westminster Standards | 51 |
A Conversation with TwentiethCentury Confessions | 69 |
Who Is God? | 93 |
Who Are We? | 111 |
What Does God Have to Do with Us? | 121 |
What Do We Have to Do with Each Other? | 135 |
Why the Church? | 151 |
Why the Bible? | 171 |
How Shall We Worship? | 187 |
How Shall We Live? | 207 |
Essential Tenets? | 223 |